A New Earth Conversation is a campus-wide initiative that, in exploring our relationship with the climate crisis, seeks to cultivate positive change through our response to climate change. Bringing together various Clark faculty from different departments including English, IDCE, Geography, the program is interdisciplinary, built on the premise that in order to make substantive change,…
If you’re anything like me, writing is a minefield. You love it, and when the idea takes hold and doesn’t let you go, it’s a rush. Maybe you like to write poetry or stories, or maybe you’re attempting Nanowrimo for the first time. Writing something—anything—is a wonderful, powerful thing. But then comes the second part,…
This past week I had the pleasure to meet with senior English major Emily Tornquist and discuss her honors thesis. Emily is a member of the English Honor society Sigma Tau Delta, in addition to being an ambassador at Clark. Her thesis “Palpable Verb Tenses”: Non-Patriarchal Modes of Authorial and Readerly Position” explores how texts…
By Owen Connell This week I had the pleasure of talking with Samantha Poole, a senior English major and longtime friend of mine. Samantha, who is the cousin of Clark alumna Freya Henderson, has many interests at Clark: she is president of Clark University’s French Club; the director of marketing for NET Impact, which focuses…
